The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-29 00:00:00

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. AN. THCIRIDAY, - I 18 . — This day the twenty-third anniver vary meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held he the . Merchants' Court, Guildhall, in this town / S'" Matthew White Ridley, Bart., the President of thee Society, in the cha'r. The Report was made in the usual way to the meet bg by Matthew Plumeeer, Esti., Vice-Presidentr of the Cham er and Treasuree s , A sum of between 601. and 701. was added to the funds :sr' the Society, after discharging all the obliga tions of 'Lie past year, making the actual aggregate amount of the feinds 3751. 18s. I Id. The following were re-elected offecers of the Institution for the ensuing year :—viz., Presi dent—. Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. ; Vice- Presidents -1:c seph Lamb, Esq., Matthew Plummer, Esq. —Treasurer-- Anthony Easterby, Esq. ; Committee—Messrs. James An derson, Thomas Clarke, Joseph Crawhall, William Armstrong, Charles Smith, Thomas Wilson, Addison L. Potter, George Thomas Dunn, George Straker, Russell Blackbird, Edward H. Campbell, James Archbold ; Secretary and Sub-Treasurer —Thomas Grieveson. In the evening, between 30 and 40 of the members dined tugetber at the Assembly Rooms, Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., the President of the Chamber, in the Chair. The Hon. Ba ronet was supported on the right by the Hon. FL T. , Liddell M. P., and on th e l e f t b y J . H. Hinde, Eso,., M. P. ?e e l M. Bell, Esq., M. P. Th e Vice-President's cha;.- e was ably filed by Matthew Plummer, Esq., in the abssence of Joseph Lamb, Esq. At a few minutes before elx o'clock the com pany sat down to a splendid dinner. t: omprising every delicacy and served up in Mr. Haiglds usSl le of excellence. At the conclusio n o f the re[ast, and ea after the desert had been placed on the table, The Cnetes'aisi rose and gave " her Majesty, the Queen ;" which was speedily followed, also from the Chair, by the i" Queeei Dowager," " the Duke of Sussex and the rest of the oyal Family," and the " Lord Lieutenant of the County of orthumberland." The C HAIRMAN then rose and said the next toast which he de to prop ose was one wh i ch could not be otherwise than ell received by th em : h e had briefly to propose " Pros-tw t rity to the Chamber of Commerce of Newcastle."—( 4- plause.) There were many amongst the company who had experienced the benefits which it had conferred upon the com merce of the town, and there was no on© reore aware of that than the Vico- President, who was one of its earliest and most strenuous supporters. He (the Ceairmais) was happy to say that the finances of the company were in a tolerably prospe rous state ' • there was eve ry pro b a b ility of an increase in the number of their members, and as the trade and commerce in the north of England increased, so would they find an additional increase to their valuable body. It was quite clear that the trade both of Liverpool and Manchester had been very much improved by similar associations, and he was happy to think that the task had devolved upon him to propose the heath and prosperity of such a society as the Chamber of Com merce.—(Applause.) This was the second time that he had appear:Al amongst them as chairman of that society, and he could assure them, that he felt new, as he did then ;—he felt that there were many who were far more able to fill that situa tion than he was, but, at the same time, he felt proud of the situation to which they had appointed him. He would at all times be most willing and anxious to meet them all, indivi dually, and collectively, and get all the information from them which his situation required. He could not refrain from hop ing that their numbers would still further increase, and that the snowball would become larger in bulk as it rolled on. He was satisfied that such a body must have considerable weight with the Government of the country, whoever they might be, and, in the hope that the benefits of the society would be ex tended throughout a much wider field than it had hitherto occupied, he would conclude by calling upon them to drink a bumper to the prosperity of the Chamber of Com merce. —(Applause. ) The CHAIRMAN said he had to propose to the meeting the healths of two individnals, Members of Parliament, who were very much interested in the prosperity of the commerce of this town. One of them, he regretted to say, was necessarily ab sent, having recently suffered from severe indisposition ; bet he (the Chairman) happened to know that the gentleman to to whom he alluded was much better than he had been, and that the danger might now be considered to be over. He would beg to propose the healths of Mr. Hr,dgson Hinde and Mr. Ord.--( Applause.) Mr. J. H. Hoses said, on behalf of himself, he begged to return them his sincere thaaka as one of their representatives, d he was sure that Le might, on behalf of his colleague, nder them his warmest thanks for the kindness with hich they had ....frank his h ea l t h . Differing as he did, ge e rally, with Ilia Honou ra bl e Colleague In politics, yet wherever .She interests of the town, its commerce, or the prosperity of that society, were concerned, he could assure them that himself and his colleague felt, in unison, the warmest and deepest interest. He (Mr. Hinde) was at all times glad to meet gentlemen actively employed in com mercial pursuits; and he could not but congratulate all present on the fidhrishing state of the commerce of the tr,wn and dis trict. From the many improvements which, were making, I'. one the splendid streets which were everywhere in the course of erection, it might naturelly be asked was this a solid and lasting prosperity ? lie trusted that it was ; the pressure which had been SO severely felt in other parts of England had not beets eo severely felt here ; that was sa tisfactory as to the, past, and if they looked to the future, to the new souSces of trade and commerce, they could have no doubt of_ their su ccess . If t h ey looked at that great work (th; Newcastle and Carlisle Railway), now so near its con.elusion, in which his friend at the bottom of the table. (Mr. Plummer), had taken so deep an interest, a work witich would be the means of increasing our trade with the Baltic, and the north of Europe • if they looked at the Dur ham Junction Railway, an undertaking which would bring to us the produce of the great coal-field which had hitherto only been in rivalry with us ; if they looked at these and other projects of a similar kind, now in progress, they could have no doubt of the increasing prosperity of the town ; and he did hope that much as they had increased. they would all, or inertly all of them, see the day, when they would look upon whit they now enjoyed as merely the com mencement of a species of commerce which they would live to See completed.—(Applause.) At one of the representatives of the town he would pay attention to every suggestion which might be made to him, either from members of that body, or from individual merchants in the town ; and, in asking any ser vic e from him, he trusted that they would not for a moment consider whether he was indebted to them for the seat which be had the honour to hold, or whether they had been opposed to him in obtaining it. When the election was over he was a nxious —certainly not to forget the friends who assisted him —but to blot from hie memory all recollection of these who were his opponents, and advocate their interests as warmly as he would the interests of those who- had given him their sup port.—( Applause.) He was glad in thus having an opportu nay of exchanging with them those expressions of kindness which, he trusted, would at all times, and under all circum stances, subsist between the Members of Newcastle and their constituents. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by saving that he was deeply sensible of the honour which the company had dove him, and begged in return to drink all their good healths. —( Applause. ) The CHAIRMAN said he had next to propose the healths of two other individuals who were more or less interested in the prosperity of the commerce of the town—he meant the Mem bers for the Southern Division of the County of Northumber land.—( Applause. ) From the deep interest which they had in the county of Northumberland, they could not but be much in terested in the prosperity of the trade of the Tyne. He re gretted, in common with them all, that one of the gentlemen, like Mr. Ord, hid been lately visited with severe sickness : but he trusted that the worst was now past, and that he would not be long in the situation which he now occupied. He (the Chairman) had no doubt of his anxiety and zeal to promote the interests of his constituents by every means in his power, and would beg to propose the healths of Mr. Bell and Mr. Blackett.—( Applause.) Mr. M. Beer., M.P., rose amid considerable applause, and said, that, as one of the Members for South Northum berland, he begged to return them his thanks for the ho nour which had been done him, and at the same time to ex press his regret that his Honourable Colleague could not be present at the meeting that day, because in a conversation which ho had with Mr. Blackett, he knew that Mr. Blackett was extremely anxious to attend the dinner. —( Applause.) He (Mr. Bell) was last year prevented from attending the anniversary meeting of the Chamber of' Commerce, and he trusted that he might be allowed to avail himself of that op pertueity of expressing his deep regret, in common with them all, for the severe loss which they had sustained by the death of their late excellent President, than whom no one had the interest of the Society more perfectly at heart, no one was more sincerely anxious to promote the commercial prosperity of the town which he had so long represented.--( Applause.) He thought that in electing the sari to fill the situation of the father, they had paid a well-deserved compliment to the me rnoey of the deceased. The Hon. Member then expressed his satisfaction at the increasing prosperity of the town, which was daily and hourly increasing, and would do so, as long as its interests were entrusted to such an intelligent body of merchants as he had then the pleasure to see around him, Ho had to thank many of them for valuable information afforded to him in the course of his Parliamentary duties, and to wish them every prosperity.—( Applause.) The CHAIRMAN said, ho had next to propose the health of an individual who represented a large portion of the commer cial and mining interests on the g'l,er side of the Tyne. The Hon. csentlema n bad been elected, not without a struggle, to the situation, which he held, but no feeling of animosity Would remain in his breast, and, as a Member of the British Legisleture he would do everything iq his power for the corn mereial interests of the town and neighbourhood. He begged, ill conclusion, to give the health of Mr. Liddell. The Hon. H. T. LIDDELL rose amid great applause, and briefly expressed his thanks for the honour done him, and the high sense wleich he entertained of the value of such societies as the Chamber of Commerce. He declared that he had no feeling. on the score of politics, but that he would always, and to the best of his ability, promote the commercial interests of VIC town and district.--( Applause.) The CHAIRMAN next gave " The Trade of Newcastle," as It corollary to the Chamber of Commerce, which was drunk with great applause. Mr. Wee Asaiseeoeo then rose, and in brief b u t appro priate terms proposed the health of their excellent Chairman, :ompanied by three times Mr. EDGCOMBE returned thanks for himself and his brother , Officers of her Majesty's revenue, and congratulated the 1 Company on the increase which had taken place in the trade of the port within the last few years. FrolT l h stAte ment which Mr. E. had taken the troul:‘,e to prepare, and which he obligingly comrnnO:ated to us, it appeared that in 1824, the amount of duties was 165,079/. ; the cargoes in wards were 352 ; outwards, 1,001 ; coasters inwards were 2,343 ; outwards, 10,937 ; entries inwards were 5,155 ; out wards, 3,067 ; coals exported in chaldrons Newcastle measure were 50,104; coals coastwise were 687,603. In 1837 the amount of duties was 413 6381., the cargoes inwards were 618; outwards, 2,725 ; coasters inwards, 2,963 ; outwards, 15,301 ; entries inwards, 9.842 ; outwards, 6,019 ; coals exported, 171,721 ; coals coastwise, 845,495. Mr. Edgeombe con cluded by giving the health of the Vice- President.*( Cheers: ) Mr. PLUMMEER returned thanks, and spoke of the gratifica tion it gave him to see the increase of the trade of the port. Mr. M. BELL, in very complimentary terms, proposed health of the Secretrry of the Chamber, Mr. T. Grieveson. Mr. GRIEVESON said he was deeply impressed with a 'fientie of the kindness which had been done him by th* maim& in which his services had peen spoken of by the Hon. Member. He ( Mr..G. done nothing hat l l l .7, duty ilia enhavoura to reso.!:,ntate the Chamber, wnen by accident it had become T'eauced from its Original strength. Prosperous as was the condition of the Society now, he felt satisfied that it would speedily be much more so when all the contemplated Railways and other Public Works were completed—then, indeed, would Newcastle not only he the Emporium of the North, but the second port in the Empire.—( Applause.) Mr. Gricveson concluded by giving as a toast—" May the cares of Com merce be solaced by the pleasures of society." . . Several other toasts were given, and the company separated highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening. THE DE'IL AND THE DUKE. The following well. own Jacobite song, written on the atrocities of the mike of Cumberland of that day, after the . Rebellion of 1745, came in our way the other day. Ken ye the news t hae to toll, Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie, Cumberland's awa to H—l, Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie. When he cam to the Stygian shore, The De'il himsel wi' fright did roar. Charon grim cam out to him, Welcome here, you Devil's limb. They towed him o'er with curse and d —n, Whiles he sank and whiles he swam. How he did skip and he did roar, The Ds'ils ne'er saw sic fun before. They put him on a phillibeg, And in his lug they ramm'd a peg. They took him neist to Satan's Ha', There to lilt wi' his grind papa. The De'il sat grinning in the neuk, Riving sticks to roast the Duke. They put him then upon a spit, And roasted him, baith head and fut. They ate him up, baith stoop and roup, And that was the way they guided the Duke. Bonnie laddie, &c. The number of fires occurring in London is much greater than that of the same casualities in country towns, taking into account the relative sizes of the places. Thus it is stated in a local paper that during the last five years not a single fire has occurred within the limits of Salisbury. TITEHOUSEBREAKER.—A ROBITERY PLANNED. —" Oh, ah, it's all planned,' rejoined Sikes, never mind particulars. You'l better bring the boy here to-morrow night ; I shall get off the stones an hour arter day-break. Then you hold your tongue, and keep the melting pot ready, and that is all you'll have to do.' After some discussion in which all three took an - active part, it was decided that Nancy should repair to the Jew's next evening, when the night had set in, and bring Oliver away with her ; Fag in craftly observ ing, that if he evinced any disinclination to the task, he would be more willing to accompany the girl, who had so recently in terfered in his behalf, than anybody else. It was also solemnly arranged that poor Oliver should, for the purpose of the contemplated expedition, be unreservedly consigned to the care and custody of Mr. William Sykes, and further that the said Sikes should deal with him as he thought fit, and should not be held responsible by the Jew for any mischance or evil that might befal the boy, or any punishment with which it might necessary to visit him, it being understood that, to ren der the compact in this respect binding, any representations made by Mr. Sikes on his return should be required to be confirmed and corroborated, in all important particulars, by the testimony of flash Toby Cracket. These preliminaries ad justed, Mr. Sikes proceeded to drink brandy at a furious rate, and to flourish the crow-bar in an alarming manner, yelling forth at the same time most unmusical snatches of song mingled with wild execrations. At length, in a fit of professional en thusiasm, he insisted upon producing his box of housebreaking tools, which he had no sooner stumbled in with, and opened for the purpose of explaining the nature and properties of the various properties it contained, and the peculiar beauties of their construction, than he fell over it upon the floor, and went to sleep where he fell. Oliver Twist, in Bentley's Miscellany. POMPEY'S PILLAR.-011 the 6th of September last it blew a heavy gale at Alexandria from the westward, which raised such dense clouds of sand as to render distant objects totally invisible. But in the interval between the squalls, to the surprise of the officers of the Egyptian squadron and the inhabitants of the town, the colours of England were observed floating en the summit of Pompey's pillar, while a discharge of musketry was heard from the same elevated situa tion. On inquiry, it appeared that a party of officers belong ing to her Britannic Majesty's steam-vessel Hermes, had, by moans of a huge kite, contrived to get a piece of twine across the top of the pillar, to which was attached a small cord, and ultimately a larger one was hauled up, and a ladder was expeditiously formed. A party of ten then as cended the pillar and seated themselves on the summit, with the Union Jack planted in the centre. Here they drank to the health of her Majesty Queen Victoria of England with three times three, and fired a royal salute. The prospect of the surrounding sea and country from this elevation is de scribed by one of the officers, who was of this intrepid party, as very fine ; but the tremulous motion of the pillar was so great as to shake out the contents of a wine glass I—Malta Gazette. On Monday last the boiler attached to the manu factory of Mr. Carter, at Darlaston, exploded with great vio lence. The boiler itself, weighing upwards of two tons, was carried over the adjoining houses, and fell in Cock-street, a distance of 150 yards ; doing considerable damage to two houses in its descent. It first fell upon a house on the north side of the street, occupied by a shoemaker, demolishing a portion of the roof and the gable end ; and rebounding from thence, fell against the house on the opposite side of the street, knocking in the door and a portion of the wall. About a yard of the steam-piping was carried forty yards further, and propelled against the door of Mr. Rooker, and, falling from thence, broke down an adjoining wall. Another part of the piping was blown through the front window of the same house. The bricks, &c. were scattered in all directions for one hundred yards, and so great was the concussion that most of the houses in the place were somewhat shaken. Three of Mr. Carter's shops were entirely blown down. The accident is mainly attributable to the intense front of the previous night having frozen down the safety valve.--Sheffield Iris. MATHEWS—Dined with James Ballantyne, and met R. Cadell, and my old friend Mathews, the comedian, with his son, now grown up a clever lad, who makes songs in the style of Ja mes S m i t h or C o l man , an d sings them with spirit. There have been odd associations attending my two last meetings with Mathews, The last time I saw him be fore yesterday evening, he dined with me in company with poor Sir Alexander Boswell, who was killed within a week. I never saw Sir Alexander more. The time before was in 1815, when John Scott of Gala and I were returning from France, and passed through London, when we brought Mathews down as far as Leamington. Poor Byron lunched, or rather made an early din ner w i t h us at L ong ' s , and a most brilliant day we had of it. I never saw Byron so full of fun, frolic, wit, and whim ; he was as playful as a kitten> Well, I never saw him again. S o t hi s man of mirth, with his merry meetings, has brought me no hick. I like better that he should throw in his talehts of mimicry and humour into the present current tone, tlf the company, than that he should be required to give this, that, and t'other bit selected from his public recitations. They are good certainly—excellent ; but thee you must laugh, and that is always severe to me: When Ido laugh in sincerity, the joke must be or seem unpremeditated. I could not help thinking, in the midst of the glee, what gloom had lately been over the minds of three of the company. What a strange scene if the surge of conversation could suddenly ebb I,ire the tide, and show us the state of people's real minds 1 Life could not be endured were it seen in reality. Mathews was, indeed, much more than a mimic; he was a fine satirist, a subtle observer of every peculiarity and point in character. No wonder that h e c h a f e d i n hi s way t h rough the world, for . things that seemed to ordinary people as round, smooth, and like each other as the pebbles on the beach, were full of salien- Cies and angles to his microscopic vision.--Lockitart's Life of Scott. The Temps gives an animated description of a mixed scene of tragedy and comedy, which was enacted on Thursday night, at No 239, Rue St. Honorit, the corner of the Place du Palais Royal. Two young women, living in one room on the sixth story, were on tho point of being suf focated by the fumes of a small charcoal fire they had lit for the purpcse of preparing a meal, but overcome by fa tigue, had fallen asleep. They were so stupified as not to be able to reach the door, but their cries aroused the other inhabitants of the house, the first of whom was M. Lapeintre, jun., of the Vaudeville, whose natural rotun dity, our readers will recollect, rivals that of the late Stephen Kemble, which enabled him to act the part of Falstaff with out stuffing. Imagine this mountain of flesh, impelled by that kindness of heart for which he is distinguished, rolling from his bed, enveloping himself in an adequate robe do chambre, and hurrying to the scene of distress, which he could only reach by ascending a staircase scarcely wide enough to give passage to a man of ordinary dimensions, urged on by his humanity till he not only got wedged in himself, but pre vented those behind who also came to help from getting to the relief of the distressed women. By force of pushing this obstacle was at last moved forwards, and Lepeintre, renewing his activity, arr ived fi rs t a t t h e d oor o f the suff erers. Here again he was stopped by the straitness of the aperture ; but a man, one of the thinnest, squeezed by him. The two poor women were found senseless, and one of them severely burnt by falling on the brazier. They were, however, both partially recovered by medical care, and afterwards taken to the hospital of La Charite, where hopes are ente r t a i ne d t h at t h ey w ill h e spee dil y restored....Galignani's Messenger. HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND. The A7auivergary Meeting of this National Institution held on Tuesday week. The Hall was crowded by a numer ous assembly of Noblemen and Gentlemen, from every district of Scotland, resident at this season in Edinburgh and its vici nity. The Marquis of Tweedale, Senior Vice-President in office, in the chair, supported by the Earl of Morton, and the Earl of Strathmore. The Society, as the first business, proceeded to ballot for the election of new members, when fifty-eight* gentlemen, who had been severally proposed in pursuance of the charter ) were duly admitted. The Honourable Williani Rollo, Master of Rollo • Sir Fre. &rick George Johnstone, of W ester h a ll, Da r t.: 'John An derson, Esq., of Farthingru s h ; Thomas Chalmers Borthwick, Esq., of Hopesrig ; Dr. John Clitrike, of Speddoch, M. D. K. H., Deputy-Inspectorz ( - lomat oi Army Hospitals; James Church, Etth Ttivrer of Sark; Lieut.-Colonel John Dirom, of Mount- Annan ; Archibald Hattie, Esq., M. P. for Paisley ; Thomas Tinglian, E sq . o f Ai r d s ; J. Hotchkis, Esq W. S., re siding at Castlercilk ; John Irving, Esq., of Burnfoot ; An drew Johnstone, Esq., of Hallcaths ; James Kerr, Esq., Mid dlebank ; James Nl'Douall, Esq., of Logan ; Henry Con stable Maxwell, Esq., of Nlilnhead ; Wellwo id Maxwell, Esq., of the Grove ; Robert Mein, Esq., of Ormiston; John Maxwell, Esq., of Westwater ; John Alexander Pringle, Esq_ of Castledykes ; James Stewart, Esq., of Gillenbie. The meeting afterwards elected the President, \rice- Presi dent, Directors, and other Officers for the ensuing year. Sir JOHN STtTART FORBES, Bart., the Treasurer, submitted a view of the funds, income, and expenditure of the Society for the last year. The Treasurer was enabled to congratulate the Society on the very satisfactory and flourishing state of the funds. As Chairman Of the Committee on the New Museum, the Treasurer 7,150 stated the progress of that important object. Sir MOMAS MARDOUGALL BRISBANE, Bart., said he had been requested, in the absence of Mr. Milne, Chairman of the Society's Geological Committee, to report the state of the ar rangements for resuming the Trigonometrical Survey of Scot land, and he had great pleasure in doing so. He had had the honour, as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, to accompany the Duke of Sutherland, and the members of the Deputation, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the subject of the Survey was brought under consideration—when they had mentioned to the Government that, while France, Austria, Russia, Bavaria, Denmark, and other States in Europe and elsewhere, possessed, or were engaged in trian gulation and in surveys and in maps on enlarged and magnifi cent scales, we were still behind in this country. The Society's original memorial to the Government on this important subject, related to the resumption of the survey in Scotland, and the wish so generally manifested having been, in a very gratifying manner acceded to the Society, at the last General meeting, further instructed the Directors to offer such suggestions as should appear to them calculated to ren der alike advantageous to the public, and creditable to the country, the great work which the Government had under taken. The Directors, accordingly, lost no time in carrying the instructions of the Society into effect. The General Meeting was held on the 3d of July, and so early as the 21st of that month, a memorial to be laid before the Government, was transmitted to the care of his Grace the President, sub mitting such suggestions as had occurred to the Geological Committee and the Directors. In that communication the Directors did not offer any remark as to the way in which the triangulation and mensuration should be carried on ; the able superintendence under which these surveys are conducted, gave the fullest asurance that in these respects nothing will be left undone that could be desired. The department of the survey, on which alone the Directors ventured to make any suggestion, was that connected with the filling up of the maps, after the- triangulation is completed. In the first place it was noticed that the maps ought to represent, and they cer tainly would exhibit the physical features and configuration of the country in respect to its mountains, valleys, and pl a i ns , its rivers, lakes, &e., as w e ll as the outward signs of its inha bited condition in respect of towns, villages, churches, and other prominent buildings, roads, canals, harbours, &c. Secondly, it was suggested that the maps should exhibit the heights above the level of the sea of all the mountains, whether isolated or in ranges ; and that along the river courses and water-shed lines, the levee above the sea, every quarter of a mile, should also be marked. The importance of such infor mation as showing whether, and how, districts of a country can be drained, and whether, and where canals and railways can be executed, is sufficiently obvious. Thirdly, that the boundaries of counties, parishes, and towns, should be de lineated. And, in the fourth place, that there should be sections of the country, from sea to sea, showing its geological structure, and an outline of its levels. Ile Duke of Sutherland, in this matter, displayed the same promptitude and attention he has given to every duty which the So ciety has requested of him, and a satisfactory answer was received by the Duke from Lord Melbourne, dated the 31st of July, which was read to the meeting, containing the as surance that the Society's suggestions would be carefully considered. The meeting expressed their gratification at the satisfactory position of this important object, with their best acknowledg ments to his Grace the President, to the Directors, and par ticularly to Mr. Milne, Chairman of the Geological Commit tee, for their zealous attention. The Earl of MORETON, in a very appropriate address, ad verted to the success which had attended the late meeting at Dumfries, and the obligations the Society were under to those whose exertions had contributed to that end, from the Direc— tors; and submitted several resolutions of thanks to the Noble men and Gentlemen who had taken an active interest in the success of the Society. ' - The meeting fixed the General Annual Meeting show o Stock in 1840, to be held at Aberdeen. The Society, in conformity with the recommendation of the Directors, unanimously resolved to suspend, on this occasion, the standing resolution, and fixed the annual meeting, for 1841, to be held at Berwick. After the other business of the day was concluded, the cor. dial thanks of the Society were, on the motion of the Earl of Strathmore, seconded by Sir John Muir Mackenzie, Bart., voted to the Noble Marquis, the Vice-President, who so ably discharged the duties of the chair. The meeting then adjourned. On Wednesday an inquest was held at the House of Correction, Brixton, on Edward Kelly, a prisoner. De ceased had a cut on the left side of his head, of which he eon stantly complained, but he was not sensible enough to account for his wounds. From the surgeon's evidence it appeared he had a cut on his head, about an inch long, which had pene trated the scalp. The wound appeared to have been in flicted with some sharp instrument, and had caused death. Mr. Dallon, a miller at Cobham, stated that on the evening of the 14th instant, he and his nephew were at home, when some persons were singing near the windows. The men complained i o , f lt odistress,andxieatect Witnessask ed fotro ltold charity. them h Deceased ehad no nothing w i ng t as a o m ong them, they closed round him, and rep ea t e d t h e i r c l a i ms gfoivre' when relief. He ordered them away, but they swore they would not go without relief. Witness took deceased gently by the arms, and begged him to walk out. A desperate blow was aimed at witness, which was warded cff by his servant, who knocked the fellow down. This was th e s i gna l f or a general assault, and the fellows attacked witness and his party with brickbat, n d stones. Witness and his party retreated to the house, and shut the door. Deceased had frequently struck him with the chain of a horse-collar. His nephew procured the handle of a chaise-umbrella, with which he struck deceased on the head. The headborough and others came, and the four prisoners were takeifinto custody. If it were not for the resolution dis played by his nephew the lives of the whole p ar ty would have been in danger, and the comp an i ons o f t h e deceased said as much upon the road. The jury after a long consultation, re turned a verdict of " Excusable Homicide." On Thursday evening a splendid ball took place at i t4e e C , ouHontn. y Hall, Henry Gave, Hon. Henry the stewardship Fitz r o o f y! okcl . P. O an t - Sir Thomas Wilson ; Captains Crofts, Richardson, Streathfield, Green, and Tomlinson : Messrs. Henry Brand, R. Cripps, R. Gray, Goring, J. Blencowe, T. Shiffner, J. D. Gilbert, C. Campion, R. Clarke, Courthorpe, J. Slater, William Thomas, Roy d, The earn igee began to put down at an early hour and continued without intermission until eleven. The hall was very elegantly decorated with beautiful banners, &c., and when the company had assembled, the gentlemen in naval and military uniforms, and the ladies in suporb fancy costumes and ball dresses, the scene was very imposing. Dancin; com menced at tea, to Weippart's band, and continued until one, when a delicious supper was announced. Dancing was resumed after supper, and was kept up with great spirit until an early hour on Friday morning. Intelligence was received in town on Saturday of the death of the Earl of Clonmell, at his seat, North Ashton, Oxfordshire, on Thursday last, after an illness of several weeks. His Lordship was in his 56th year, baying been born August 15, 1783. He succeeded his father, John Scott, who was Attorney-General of Ireland, and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and who, on his elevation to the Irish peerage, in 1784, was created Baron Earlsfort, and was created Earl of Clonmell in 1793. In Febru ary , 1805, t h e deceased Lord was u nited to Lad y Harriet Greville, daughter of the late, and sister of the present Earl of Warwick and Countess of Aylesford, by whom he leaves a numerous family He is succeeded in his titleand estates by Viscount Earlsfort, now Earl of Clonmell, who is in his 21st year. The late Noble Earl, accompanied by his son, visited hi s estates i n Ireland in the autumn , bu t since his return to Aston has been in a declining state of healsh. DOCTOR WOODWARD.-011 calling to s e ttl e with his physician, Dr. Woodward, the smallness of the de mand produced a generous altercation between them. " In deed, Captain Nelson, exclaimed the worth y physician, "you must allow me to follow what I consider to be my professional duty. Your illness has been brought on by serving your king and country; and, believe, me, I lore both too well to be able to receive any more. "—Naval Keepsake for 1838, con tainTinhg e a ceaewseOld studentsSazlor. who were provoked by a appreheided at the late riots at the College, have been the slides in re mitteds from the police to the Baillie Court ; and are at pre sentifosf ofthiVe Nelson, by under private investigation by the Procurator-Fiscal. The students are defending themselves upon the plea that numberthey fought o fb m o y e s r , e w ly h ion ,sself-defence,collected togetheravmg beep . by front of the College, and who pelted and insulted them on their way to the classes ; and that afterwards the unnecessary rudeness of the police excited and provoked t h em still more. A meeting of students was held on Monday afternoon, in Dr. Hope's class room, where Professor Christison addressed them, and it was agreed that a committee should be appointed to take steps for the defence of the parties a ccused, and also that an agent be appointed to conduct their case,—bcotsatan, PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS; ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, riIiDAY, JAN, 20. Number Dividend ..kilte of per CANALS, per "ik arcs. Annuin. Paid. Share Is 7 if 3 7 ptt etht. A4Hrire AI d nyltlti.,ifth..“ Average 071. Ns. sh. 135 1,182 44 Ashby.sle-te-iMich - •••itAistttiiet 110/.5h. 65 1,260 - Basin stoke • -.100/. sh. 0 1 ' 1 ' 95 54 Brecknock and Abergav curly 150 s. sh. 100 8,000 I-16sh. 01. do. Birmingham, 1-16th share ••• - 1 4 & 711 . 220 1 0 00 ..i.,,... Ditto and Liverpobl itincti;;l2sl. sl. 100 IA 26 600 3/.. BridposratOr A P ti TOUNtrit) ..e“PiOl , oh, all ptl t',4 4 00 4f. tlidetlet slid Bltickwater .. - . loot. sh. 102 5fX) .fat. Coisentrjs •-- - - • - lOOl. sh. 700 A.s'i6 - f3roydon • • • Ater:3o3l/.24.10d. sh. 3 2,0681 41,05. Dudley •••• • •-• • ••• •• • -•- 10 0 /. oh. 0 600 7/t 0..itet.,,, : v.--.,- - .• ..,:.,Iql/. Oh. Ms li O VO i - . nanune and Mayne 4l l. 13 s. 4d p d 33 % ,575} 3/, Ellesrnere and Chester A vcrage 1331. sh. 77 2 :11 40/. Erpwash .lOOl. an. 700 1,297 24/. Forth and Clyde .......Average 4 (V2/.165. th. 610 i ts 9?0 l'2l, Ofand JiMetliir • sa-s • ••• •• , • •-sIV sh. 219 2,54,14 lt, Orand Union.. i•oii• .,•ses,sss.s...4lool.sh. 25 1,5015 Grand Surrey .., „. . .... s ...... ...i.t h ..a l ; gb• ' 9() 2 0,000 i. 4/. her cent. Ditto (eptiohal) Loan .... , .... , • • • wit. 0 3,ofr, Grand Wettern so s • • 1001. sh. all pd 60 134125. W. Glany , rgan:hire, Average Oat 179/. lOs. 44. 250 ' 749 l ot. Grantham 1501. oil. 4172 6,41‘ 21. Os Fltidilerstield -.....Average 571, 6s. 63. sh. 37 100 '5,329 It. Is. Kennet r. 11,1 Avon, Aitetnee 140/. 189. 10(1. sh. '24 2,15971 2)!. Lectla and Liverpool 1901. eh. ett) 545,1 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. VA 1,497 4/. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver Cellos. 01 2,400 101, Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 201 150 104 Melton Mowbray.s.s.s. .... .. , ........ ss., I 00/. rh. 200 500 95/. Mersey and trwell 'OO/. Ohs 560 3,000 11. 10s. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/, Neath . .... 100/.sh. 325 1, 7 86 301. Oxford . ..... . . .... 100/ sh 530 2,500 bt. rcak Forest Avcr.gc reboot 781. sh. 104 1,414 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 161.5/Bd. s s h. 111 h. 10 5,669 61. per cent. f.ochdale Average 8. 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/ sh 1511 3,600/. 41 percent. Ditto Lock Fund Stock l2/. 10s. sh. 11# 700 401. Stafford and Worcester l4O/. sh. 710 500 91. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. 2550 300 '3!. Stourbridge 3,647 2!. 's. Stratford-on. Avs it... Average 791. 9s. (id. sh. 50 533 121. Swansea 100/. sh. 230 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 27 2,6041 eh. 32/. 10a. Treat and Mersey, i share lOO/. sh. 560 4,119 Thames •,n.I Medway... Aver, 19/. ss. Sd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 s i_ ,0001 sh. 5 ' Warwick aad Birmingham 100 /. sh 265 950 11 ,. Warwick and Napt lOO/. sh. 185 6,000 41.05. Worcesl•-u - and Birmingham...Av.7B/. 6 9. sh. 791 5,000 255. Wilts an, Berks. .. Average 67/. ills. Bd. sh. 22 800 31, Wyrley and Essinzton 1251. sh 75 izo Wisbeach .. 1051. sh. 45 905 li. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. WI DOCKS. 1,600 k 3p. c Commercial 100/. sh. 50 I,as4sh 498,6671/. ti per ct. East India Stock 106-f 3,23'3,3 041. 50s. p.ct. London Ditto Bonds B9 1,390,000/. 441. p. ct. %Vest India Stock 914 - 2,209 '2l. 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3 1,352,752 5 percent, St. Katharine Stock 101 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO 200,000 t ier cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 994 Shoreham Harbour 2.500 ........ Deptford Pier °Ol. sh. 31. BRIDGES. 1,600 10s. Hammersmith , 501. sh. 224 7,231 Southwark, Old kv. 631. 2s. Bd. sh. 2 1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7/ per cent. 5Ol. eh. 14 5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 3 5,1)00 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of (f!. GO/. pd 19 5,000 I6s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 164 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds llB 5,948 17, Vauxhall Average 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 18 ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3/10s Albion 5001. sh. 50/. pd 89 5 per cent 50,000 [ and i„ . *1 Alliance,British & Foreign 100/. sh. 104 1 . pd 13 50,000 8 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 51. p 0 64 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 1,9.00 Ish. 51. Birmingham l ire 2501. sh. 55/. pd 1074 20,000 41 percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 50/. pd 42 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 51. pd 64 5,000 5/. per cent. Clerical, Med - L.40,8x. Life, ICO/. sh. 2110 s pd 4 4,04N1 21 lOs County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol. sh. 5/. rid 5f C 5 per cent., 200 t and 30/ bs. s Economic Lile lO O O/. sh. 250 /. pd 375 2,271 225. per cent. European Lii., 0 01. sh. all pd 22 50,000 2s. Ditto, N ew 1,000,009/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 1514 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. '2741 pd 33 40,000 63. 6d. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 6 2,400 51. 7s. CA. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 1264 7,500 95. Imperial Lite • 100/. sh. 101. pd 10 13,4,58 41. percent. Indemnity Marine 110/. eh. 81. pd 194 2,020 31 lOs Kent Fire 50/. sh. all pd 82 31. Ditto Life 79 10100 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 251 5.000 10s. London, Fir. ' , Si oh. 12/. 103. pd 15 3,9(0 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 154 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 2/. pd 2.18 s 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fire Nl. sh. 21. pd 17s Od 2,500 11. Provident Liie lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 01. sh. I/. pd 64 6 , ;(1,2•201 51. per cent. Royal Exch.aige Stock... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOOl. sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS 25,000 8 percent. Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 25/. sh. 101. pd 14 5,000 A ustrala.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 51 10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 164 30,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster ...1001 sh. 20/. p 0 214 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. IV. pd 50 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. pd 23 50,000 -74 per gent Manchester and Liverpool} mi. sh. 151. pd 21 Discount 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 1001. sh. 25/. pd 27 20,000 Provincial Bank of 1 reland 100/. sh. 25/. pi 381 20, , 00 National Bank of Ireland 5 9/. sh. 174/. pd 151 . 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. IOU sh. 351. pd 35 19,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 51. pd 9 GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 115 s 6d Bath 2O/. sh. 161. pd 24 5,000 British 5, '" / ~,,,,pereent.l an . d Bs. 55.3 Ditto Provincial 2O/. sh. 19 d 224 928 5/ lOs Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 98 4,250 21 0 s Bristol 2O/. sh. 36 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 2Ol. sh. 11 750 3140 s Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 10 2,471 44 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 6211. pd R 5 1,000 101. City or London lOOl. sh. all pd 180 1,000 61. Ditto, New 11,000 4/.los. Equitable 5O/. pd 304 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thatiet 251. sh. 201. pd 20 2,350 61. per cent. Independent 3Ol. sh. all pi 484 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix .... 50/. sh. 391. pot 214 1,000 41. per cent. Itatcliff 100!. sh. 80/. pd 56 4,000 South Metropolitan 8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 24 210 51. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 101. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 424 12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered 1 5 ,000 12s. Ditto New 8(30 Yarmouth 201. sh. 181. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 4,800 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. '251. pd 214 4,434 61. East London lOOl. sh. 149 5 ,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 54 2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 43 . _ 372 fol. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 31:6 1 1.500 21 106 New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 6 ,486 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford lOO4 sh. 53 1,000 4 per cent. South London 1001. sh. 87 8,21)4 4!. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 181. sh. 90 1,360 1114 s York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... -1001. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. 0,000 Birmingham and Derby 9,580 Birmingham and Gloucester l 2 ll/, pd 5 ,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Oj 1 7 5, 0 00 Bristol and Exeter 1004 sh. 10 pd 3 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5 O l. sh. '2l. pd 0 1 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western... l o o /. eh. 7 1! 2 1 3,008 Cl a r en c e lOOl sh. 1004 pd 30 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 24 pd 2 60,000 Eastern Counties 251. sh. 34 p 2 11 Grand Junction 1001 sh. 951. pd 161 Great North of England l O/. pt.' 25,000 ......... Great Western lO O/. sh. 65 /. pd F.l 2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh 1001 pd 11,0 ,000 Hull and selby 5 01 . sh. 101 . pd 5 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 14 2,100 31. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by........ lOO sh. 44 1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....NV. sh. all pd 70 5,109 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester-10U sh. 100/.1)41 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 254 pd 61 36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. Si ixl 8 12,001 London and Blackwall 501. sh. 31. ixl 4 20,86)) 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sls. 20/. pd 17 25,000 London and Birmingham -1004 sh. 90/. pal 164 Ditto Quarter Shares 5!. pd 59 j 20,900 Ditto ditto New.. 5/. psi 21j 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk 20!. sh. 2 0 /. Pd 2 n 7,000 Ditto Scrip 14/. sh. M. pd 14 12,01)0 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 04 I I 10 ,0 .10 Manchester and Birmingham 70/. sh. 71. pd 94 North Midland Northe-n and Eastern 1001. sh. 51. pd 4 '2,900 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 30/. pd 28,000 ...... .. South Eastern and Dover 7l. pd 51 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. eh. 240 10,000 Thames Haven 5Ol. sh 21. 10s. pd Of 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 50/. sh. 2/. pd 01 6,000 York and North Midland 5O . sh. 61. pd 54 MINES. 8,000 .. -.. ... Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. NI 12 4,000 1/. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd . 114 10,000 ... Ditto Subscription .9.51. pt 4 2,000 I'l. Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 724 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5!. pm 35/. sh. 204 pd 19 6,000 ...... ... Macaubas & Cocaes United 25/.sh. 23j/. pd 5 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Itey 20/. sh. 9/. pd 34 10,000 .... ..... Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. 20!. pd 5 10,000 ...-.... Ditto Scrip. 101. sh. 81. pd 6 20,000 British Iron 5O/. sh. 50/ pd 35 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 441. pd 11 Cata Branca 611. pd 8 Candonga 7;l. pd 74 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 12;/ pd t;.; 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pin. 2,850 3/. English 121 Ks. p4l 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/.lth. 15/. pd 10 6,15 5 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd 2 3,000 Polberou Consols lO/. sh 8/. pd 3 11,50 0 Real del Monte, Unregistered l6 Ditto Loan Notes 151)1. pd 112 j 10,00 0 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. ....401. sh. all pd 2 Dips. Scrip 27 Ditto New Scrip 5/ pal 21 West Cork 501. sh. 501.1x9 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. London with Bronze Ticket ... .. . ...75gs. sh. 21 1,000 London University 100/. sh. all pd 234 l '7 54 0 )( 0 ) •........ Russell ' - 'sgs. sh. 11 King' College lOO/. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS 10,00 0 15s, Australian Agricultural....loo4 sh 26j/. pd 311 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 14 10,000 61. per cent. Canada Company 1004 sh. 281. pd 33 200, 000 51, per cent. Upper Canada Loan 95 City Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15 000 IL 6s. General Steam Navigation -.151. sh. 13/. pd 231 -, 1 104 per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 ii, London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19 ...... Caoutchouc Company 25/. sh. 231. pd 14 s. OOO . New Brunswick Land Company 434 pd 11 2,751 , 51. par cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...1004 sh. 1001. pd 1271 2,6 33 Si. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 86 4,000 10,000 os. Van Die ner.'s Land 1001. s h . 17/ . pd 1.1 LIST OF SCOTTISH 30, COMPANIES' PRICES, DEC. 1837. _ BANKS. 1,500, 00 v. 61. p. ct. Bank 01 Scotland 83/. Os. Bd. sh. all pd 190/. ~0 00 , 0 x/, si p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1611, ' 500.0 0 N. Bp. et. British Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd :2:1:1/. 3, 00 40001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 175/. ' 5000,00 0 & , 50. ct. National lOO/. sh. 10/. pd IN. 2,0 0 4 ),0001. 61.p.ct. Glasgow Union 250/. sh. 50/. pd CM 4,000,0 0/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 30/. pd 3921. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 64 p. ct. Scottish Union 2O/. sh. 1/, pd 27s -_509 6k p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 131 151. 100,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland —.lO/. sh. all pd 815 s . _ b " 0 :666 6 ct. North British 200/ ati 10/. ixl 15L 1 ; 00 0 5 ii. ct. Caledonian Fire 100/. sh. 101. ' - pd 1910 s ; ow 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 14/10s 100,0 00 3; p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 51 0 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,81 0 Edin. and Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pd 22.1. Ditto Allocated 96/. sh. all pd 651. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water... `5l. sh. all pd 341. Carron Iron Company 2SW. sh. all pd 45/. 2, 000 5 0 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh :384 pd 431. 10,00 0 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/.sh. 10/. pd fig 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 2.5/. sh. all pd 58/. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas • ` , 51. sh. all pd 611. 750 7& per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/.Bh. all pd 451. 1,200 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rallway...so/. s h 501. 3,000 0 per Cent. Equitable Loan Company„,2s/,th, 114 pd IW. which was drunk in a bumper, accompanied by three times three ch P .07 1 , 5 a ft 1 ,1; The Cita iIdAN • rung thanks, repeated some of the observa§op or Ag, h e •reviously made, especially with respecr - fdthe-inefobers l :. e Chamber choosing a better chairniati; , -. U. wa s d, however, to do all in his power fc ' it hetfrart of th j hamber, and, in conclusion, he begged to gi - Vellie health' ,some gentlemen, who had been tried in the balsnec anti wer/ not found wanting,—he meant the Officers of het Majesty% revenue,—( Applause.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. C i UttliT of CHAIVCRIIY, JAN 27. niticitAN-rvNit ti. it:Junta. This was a petition on the part of Ou oftcial asssgnce for an order ai thV crPditors of a bankrupt to give security for the costs he may incur in proteo:nting a claim on the defen dant. The principal portion of the creditor./ live in Scotland, Anti have already assented by proxy, and the real Tiestion raised by the petition was whether such assent was sufficient kr the purposes of the Act : The Lt3tiu CHANCELLOR now gave judgrncnt, and thought the official assignee, hating the assent of the creditors through their proxies, was, without any nviedng being called for the ptirposv j in a Condition to prosecute the Suit with a sufficient security for the costa, VICE-CIIANCELLOk 8 COURT, JAN. 27. !MITI! V. DUDLEY. This was a question cm the construction of: a very informal marriage settlement. Upon tl.e marriage of Mary Wheeler with Benjamin Pountney a settlement was executed by which Mr: and Mrs. Barnsley, the stepfather and the mother of the lady, pin-ported to convey freehold and leasehold property to trustees in trust for themselves for life, with remainder to the intended husband and wife for life, with remainder to their issue, and with an ultimate remainder, " as to the freeholds, to the use of the right heirs of Mary Wheeler, and as to the leaseholds in trust for the eXetutors and administrators of Mary Wheeler's own family." There was then a covenant that Mr. and Mrs. 13arnsley and Mary Wheeler should sotrender copy holds to the like uses and trusts as were limited of die freehold and leasehold property. Mr. and Mrs. Barnsley also assigned some furniture for the benefit of Mary Wheeler, with an ulti mate trust " fob' the executors and administrators of her fa mily." And there was, finally, a covenant by Pountney to pay the trustees, in certain events, a mum of money of which the ultimate trust was declared " for the executors and admi nistrators of his family." The marriage took place, and Mrs. Pountney died without issue in her husband's lifetime. Mr. Pountncy was also dead. One of the next of kin of Mrs. Pountney had tak en ou t a d m i n ist r ation and was the plaintiff in this suit, arid the principal defendant was the representative of the husband. The question was to which of those parties, the next of kin or the husband, the chattels comprised in the set tlement belonged, or what was the trust of the copyhold? The SoucitTon-GENERAL appeared for the neat of kin ; Mr. KNICHIT BRUCE, for the other parties. His HONOUR said the Court was justified in departing from the literal meaning of words where, from the whole instru ment, it was obvious that the words were not used in their literal meaning. And the Court was also at liberty for one purpose to take a set of words in one meaning, and to take the same words in the same instrument for another purpose in another meaning. The well-known instance of freehold and chattel interests was an example of this. His Honour thought that, upon the whole settlement, it was fairly to be inferred that the parties meant their respective properties ultimately to revert to their own families. As to the wife's property, therefore, the ultimate trust was for her next of kin. He held, therefore, that, according to the proper interpretation of there words, the husband's property went to his executors or admi nistrators, or, in other words, reverted to himself, but the wife's property went to her next of kin. COURT OF Q UEEN'S BENCH, JeN. 27. LYDIAnD V. lIUMFRET. This was an action for assault and malicious prosecution. The plaintiff was a workman in the service of the defendant, and had been discharged by his master, whom ho summoned for wages. The master charged the setrasa with a felony, and took him befose a magistrate on an alleged allegation that ha had stolen some lead. The charge was heard, and dis missed, and the plaintiff then brought this action, which was heard before Mr. Justice Littledale, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 501. A rule had been since ob tained to set aside the verdict, and enter a nonsuit, or have a new trial, on the ground that the Jury had been misdirected as to the question of reasonable and probable cause. Mr. GODSON on a former day showed cause against the rule. The COURT then suggested that the verdict should be en tered for 201. Mr. Serjeant ANDREWS was heard in support of the rule, the defendant having refused.—Rule discharged. BAIL COURT, JAN. 27. Sir W. FOLLETT applied to the Court for a rule calling upon the Churchwardens of the pariah of St. James, Clerk enwell to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue commanding them to deliver up to keys of the burial-ground of that parish, and the implements attached to the office of grave-digger—(a laugh)—by which he ( Sir W. Follett) supposed was meant the pickaxes, sho vels, &c.—(Renewe laughter.) lie made the application on behalf of Burwash, who, it appeared from the affidavit in sup port of it, had been elected, after a severe contest, to fill the office of sexton of the parish. The right of election was in the vestry at large, and they after the election, having, in these reforming times, sot their faces against any person in the parish enjoying a plurality of offices, came to the resolution that the office of grave-digger should be separate from that of sexton, although from time immemorial those two distinguished offices have been filled by the same individual.—(Laughter.) Mr. Justice PATTEBON. — You may take a rule to show cause. COCK FIGIITING.—FORBES V. TOWNSEND. This was an action brought to receive the sum of 15/. paid by plaintiff as a deposit on a wager relative to the result of a cock-fight. After plaintiff had laid the wager with defendant the money was placed in the hands of the wife of the latter, as stake holder, and the present action was brought against the defen dant (who won the wager) to recover the money so placed in the hands of his wife. The cause was tried before the Under Sheriff of Lancaster, and plaintiff nonsuited. On a former day Mr. HUMFERY obtained a rule to show cause why there should not be a new trial.: Mr. ADDISON now showed cause against the rule. Rule for a new trial made absolute. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JAN. 27. BOND AND ANOTHER, ASSIGNEES OF P. H. WATTS AND G. F. WATTS V. PITTARD. This was an action brought for work and labour done by the plaintiffs in the capacity of attorneys, for the defendant, who pleaded non assunipsit and a set off of 216/. for work done for G. F. Watts. The question now to be determined was whether the action could be maintained by the plaintiffs conjointly, or by their joint assignees, on the ground of a partnership between them. Mr. CRONV DER appeared against a rule nisi obtained by Mr. Erle, calling upon the defendant to show cause why the ver dict, found in his favour, should not be set aside, and a ver dict entered for the plaintiff. The COURT made the rule absolute that a ♦erdict should be entered for the plaintiff. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. The Calander possesses features which have hitherto been unknown in the annals of metropolitan crime, and they may be attributed to a variety of causes. Formerly there were al most constantly from 50 to 100 convicts in Newgate under sen tence of various terms of banishment, but it will be observed that at present there is only one, a circumstance which never before occurred since the prison was erected. Notwithstand ing- the considerable interval since the last session there are only 150 prisoners committed for trial, which is an unparalleled circumstance at this season of the year, and of this number ex actly two-thirds are charged with petty larceny, and from the nature and trifling value of the articles stolen charity may infer that destitution has been the parent of transgression. Another remarkable circumstance is, that there is not a single person charged with the guilty reception of stolen property. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. On Saturday a very dashingly-dressed femal*, who is re ported to be allied to nobility, was brought before the sitting magistrates on several charges of swindling. Mr. Churton, of Oxford-street, linen-draper, having parted with two shawls to the prisoner, under false representations, was sent to, and he appeared at this Office to substantiate the charge. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next. HATTON GARDEN. F. Mason, the son of a military officer residing in the vici nity of Ilatton-garden, was charged with robbery. The prisoner, in reply to the magistrate, owned that he was Guilty, but trusted that the prosecutor would not press the charge. The witnesses were bound over, and the prisoner was com mitted for trial. Margaret Mansell was remanded on suspicion of stealing plate, valued at 1204, the property of her master, S. Gold amid, Esq., of 39, Mecklenhurgh-square. UNION-HALL. A wedding party, consisting of James Stone, Elizabeth, his wife, James Turner, an aged mail, and Dorothy his daughter, were charged with intoxication, and creating a Distur bance. On the preceding day Stone was married to Tur ner's daughter ; and, after the ceremony, the bridegroom invited the party " to take a drag of summut to k eep out the cold." They accordingly repaired to a publi c -h ouse , where they drank so much , that nothing would su i t t h e " ladies" but a dance. Being " rather" th e worse for liquor, the bride and her sister fell on the floor, and the others in endeavouring to get them up, shared the same fate, and a curious scene ensued. At length two cabs were sent for by the landlord, and the party with some diffi cu l ty got i nto t h em; but the bride not finding her husband by her side, " kicked up a rumpus," and a crowd of persons followed the cab, which ul timately had an upset, and the brid e an d h er s i ster were t h rown out, but without sustaining any injury. The whole party hav ing again met, they commenced singing and creating such a disturbance as to require the interference of the police, and they were ultimately conveyed to the station-house ; the party having evinced contrition, the Magistrate discharged them without paying the usual fines. At the Cheltenham Pollee-office, on Tuesday, an old man, named Hawker, prayed thst his daughter, an aban doned young girl of 13 years of age, might be let off by the Magistrates, before whom she was charged with attempting to kill her mother, " because," the old man said, "he believed her to have been born under a malignant star, and that she was bad through her destiny, and not inclination." It is al most needless to say the defence did not avail the prisoner much.—Cheltenham Chronicle. James Tyler, an idiot pauper, aged 18, escaped in a state of nudity from Chatham workhouse on Tuesday morn ing, and was soon after found frozen to death in a hole where tlio snow law six feet deep, TOTAL LOSS OF THE KILLARNEY STEAMER. TWENTY-FIVE LIVES LOST. The Cork Southern Reporter of Tuesday contains a long accotint of the wreck of the above ill-fated ♦essel, which left thn.: quay there on Friday morning. The weather was very sere on that morning with frost and snow, and the wind blowing flesh-from the cast. She had got down but a little below Passage, blew, anticipating and preparing for the weather that was outside, the carpenter got directions to fasten down the dead-lights, which was partially done, but one being stiff or out of order, could not be managed. The vessel then proceeded to sea, it being observed by persons on the beach of Core that she went very slowly and was greatly out of trim. This, however, may be easily accounted for, am she had 600 pigs on her deck. After getting out of the harbour the fall of snow became heavier, which made it quite impossible for any of the passengers to remain above, and even the Captain and such of the crew as it was necessar7 should he in motion could hardly keep their legs. The snow and wind were increasing , and the Captain was asked whether he would not try and make Youghal, but he said he dare not near the land, whieh was completely obscured by the snow. Some little time after— being then, perhaps, about twelve miles from the harbour, the Captain determined to put back, and wearing the ship, which she did well, though there was a report that in doing she was in great danger, she bore up for the harbour which she entered at one o'clock, having left it at ten, and ran up as far as White point, where she dropped anchor. Here two of the cabin passengers, Richard Callaghan, Esq. b rot t l er to the City Member, Mr. Nicolay, an officer of the 99th Reginlent, came on shore, the former bringing with hint his luggage, but the latter left his on board. Mr. Callaghan abandoned the ship altogether and came home ; but Mr. Nicolay returned to her, and at five o'clock, P.M., she again left the harbour, the weather, as we learn, having in no degree moderated. On Sunday, at about eleven o'clock, a messenger arrived in town, dispatched by Mr. Galwey of Fort Richard, to the agents of the St. George Steam Packet Company, commu nicating the disastrous intelligence of the total loss of the Steamer upon one of the Rocks called the Raine's, about two miles from / Robert's Cove, where she had gone to pieces, and that several persons, of the crew or passengers, were discer nible on the Rock, but with whom it was impossible to com municate the sea running so high that no boat or craft could live in it, and the roaring of the surge being so great that no voice could reach it. The_ most intense anxiety, as may easily be imagined, per vaded the city all Sunday. Having proceed to sea at five P.M. on Friday evening, the unfortunate vessel got as far as Youghal, when one of the pipes of the engine became choakcd, which filled the engine room with water and put out the fires. She thus got totally unmanageable, and the Captain attempted to put her before the wine, but her sails were blown to atoms, and she drifted at the mercy of the waves past this harbour, the gale all the time increasing, and about four o'clock on Saturday evening struck on the rocks called the Rennics to westward of Ro bert's Cove, and became a total wreck. When the vessel first struck, twenty-nine persons got on the rock, where they re mained until Sunday morning before any assistance could be rendered them. Mr. Law was drowned when the vessel struck. Mrs. Law got on the rock, but was washed away on Saturday night. Sunday morning set in rather favourably, and the neighbouring gentry were early on the spot, when every exertion that skill and courage could call into action was used to save the unfortunate people, who were so near that their voices could now be fully distinguished, but for want of any means to reach them all hope of saving them was given up, when Mr. Hull and Mr. Galwey suggested the plan of passing a line from one headland to another, which would fall on the rock where the people were. This plan with some difficulty was carried into effect, and the line reached the people ; but they being too eager, two of them got on the rope together, when it broke, and the poor fellows met a watery grave. Night now setting in, the parties on shore were obliged reluctantly to give up for the night their exertions, and leave the poor people to spend another dreadful night on the rock. The next morning , Mr. Galwey and others were early on the spot, aided by the water guard, who had procured Cap tain Manby's apparatus from Kinsale ; but, on trying, the shot fell short of the rock, Mr. Galwey's plan described abov e was then again tried, and iwith complete success, when the rope was passed to them with a basket containing some food, and a note from Mr. Conway, telling them how to place the hawser ; and here an instance of noble self-devotion was shown by the poor sufferers, who, with one accord, although starving themselves, handed the basket to the Captain, who divided it amongst them, first supplying a poor woman, the only female that survived. A cott was then passed along the hawser front the cliff to the rock, and each of the people, the woman first, were safely landed. They were immediately wrapped in warm blankets, provided for them by Lady Roberts. There is no vestige of the vessel with the exception of the boilers. Twenty-five persons have met a watery grave. The crew were nearly all from the neighbourhood of Bris tol. The cargo consisted principally of flour, butter, leather, and pigs, and must have been valuable. The rock against which the luckless vessel struck or swung is in the centre of a Bay, formed by jutting promontories at either side, which appear a miie asunder. It is about 250 yards from the cliff, which is quite perpendicular, and 300 yards above the sea. At this very place the entire Light Company and Band of the 32d Regiment were lost during the American war. The last accounts from Vienna say that the Arch duchess Maria Louisa, of Parma (the widow of Napoleon) is recovering from her late dangerous illness. In case of her death the reversion of the Duchy of Parma would devolvo upon the Duke of Lucca, who is already in the receipt of a considerable annuity in anticipation of the inheritance. A few nights ago, some mischievous ruffian got into a paddock adjoining the vicarage house of the Rev. Mr. Lindsay, the Vicar of Croydon, and cut all the hair off the tail of a favourite pony of that gentleman. It is conjectured that the mischievous act must have been committed by some stranger, as Mr. Lindsay is generally beloved in the parish, on account of his kindness and humanity of disposition. In Cadogan-place, Chelsea, out of 90 houses, 84 are within the limits of the twopenny post, the remaining sit have the pleasure of paying threepence. The Lord Mayor, with his accustomed attention to the relief of his fellow-citizens, has, in reply to a letter from the Directors of the Deptford Pier, calling his attention to the subject relative to the restriction of unloading coals " out of turn," directed that restriction to be removed ; and about 40 colliers, that broke adrift from their moorings by the ice on Wednesday last, and were only saved from being wrecßod by the activity of the Superintendent of the Deptford Pier, are now discharging their cargoes at the above pier, to the great relief of the public. BEAUTIES or TIIE COURT OF CHARLES 11. —The publication of the now arid cheaper edition of Mrs. Jameson's delightful " Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles II," illustrated by 21 splendid portraits, by the first artists, is to commence with the magazines, on February - 1. It is to be completed in six monthly parts, at only is. 6d. each. The first part will contain, we understand, the portraits of Catherine of Braganza, the unhappy wife of Charles—Lady Castlemaine, afterwards Duchess of Cleveland, the haughty enslaver of the monarch—La Belle Hamilton, Countess de Grammont, one of the ancestors of the Jerningham family and the Countess of Ossory, interesting from her extreme beauty, her tenderness, and her feminine virtues. SIGNS I' RINGS.—A great Variety of these Useful and Fashionable RINGS, are kept for Selection, with Cornelian, Amethyst, Topaz, and other Real Stones, suitable for engraving. Arineerial bearings may be referred to, or found, gratis, and can be engraved by an Artist of great talent, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London (Seven Doors from Graceehurch-street). BIRTHS. _ On the 25th inst., in Grosvenor-square, the wife of John Jarrett, Esq., of Camerton-court., near Bath, of a daughter. On the 24th inst., in Nottingham-terrace, Regent's-park, the lady of Henry Methold, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., in Mecklenburgh-square, Mrs. Taylor, of s daughter. On the 24th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady of J. N. Daniell, Esq., of a son. On the 24th inst., at !Tendon, the lady of Edmund C. Buxton, Esq., of a son. On the 23d inst., in Albemarle-street, the lady of Lieut.-Col 111‘Alpine, late 15th Hussars, of a daughter, still-born. On the 23d inst., the wife of Wm. 13. Clark, Esq., of Belford hall, Northumberland, of a (laughter. On the 28th of November, in Antigua, the lady of J. T. Wood, Esq., of a daughter. On the 23d inst., in St. Aldate's, Oxford, the lady of C. L. Parker, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 24th inst., at Upton, near Windsor, Robert Suckling Cheesman, Esq., of the Middle Temple, to Anne, second daughter of the late 11. Graham, Esq. On the 22d inst., at Woodlands, Devon, Charles Holman War ren, Esq., of Milverton, Somerset, to Jane Thomson, only child of the late Thomas Abraham, Esq., of Gurrington House, Devon. At Hull, on the 24th inst., Win. Carr, Esq., surgeon, Black heath, to Eliza Bland, only daughter of Thos. Henweod, Esq., of the former place. On the 22d inst., at Stratford-le-Bow, Wm. Winch, Esq., of Mile-end Old Town, to Caroline, fourth daughter of the late G. Lawrence, Esq., formerly •f the Grove, Mile-end. DIED. On the 23d inst., at Kirkby Mallory, aged 10, the Hon. Sydney Russell, younger son of the Baroness de Clifford and the late John Russell, Esq. In the Close, Salisbury, on the 21st inst., Frances Francis, wife of the Venerable Archdeacon Macdonald. On the 21st inst., in Curzon-street, Mayfair, Miss Boyd, in her 84th year. On the 26th inst., Mary, wife of Mr. John Marshall, of Soho square, aged 71. On the 24th inst., aged 63, at Grove-end House, St. John's wood, Christina, relict of J. Colismana, Esq., of Hinde-street, Manchester-square. On the 24th inst., at Blackheath, Anne Johnston, daughter of the late 11. Smith, Esq., of Peckham-house, Surrey. On the 25th inst., in Orchard-street, Portman-square, Jane, re lict of Miles Partingtoa, Esq., whom she survived but eight-and twenty hours, aged 77. On the 22d inst., at Little Berkhampstead, Thomas Dan'ell, Esq., aged 60. On the 24th inst., in Hereford-street, Harriott Anne, wife of the Rev. A. Cooper. On the 24th inst., Mr. John M'Gowan, of Great Windmill street, aged 38. On the 21st inst., at Domons, Northram, Sussex, the Rev. Jas. Collins, D.D., aged 57. London; Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, at The 51411 Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Mittliesex,—Monday, January 29, 183$, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1838.